Weeper capuchin
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| Weeper capuchin[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Genus: | Cebus |
| Species: | C. olivaceus |
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| Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848 |
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The weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela and possibly northern Colombia.[1]
[edit] Diet
The weeper capuchin feeds on fruit, insects, larvae, as well as eggs, small birds, lizards, frogs and small mammals like bats and marmosets.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 138. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100281.
- ^ Rylands, A. B., Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier R. A. (2008). "Cebus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/40021. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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